On and off showers and storms will stay in the forecast over the next several days. A tropical conduit of moisture from the Gulf will interact with a series of nearly stationary disturbances aloft to produce widespread clouds, showers and storms. Fortunately there is no real focusing mechanism at the surface to concentrate the storms, but storms will be slow moving and the atmosphere will not change a whole lot through at least Thursday. So rain totals will likely be in the 3-6†range through the end of the week with isolated spots possibly catching more than double that. The National Weather Service may raise a flood watch if the rains stay persistent, and the grounds saturate…which I think they will. Be on the look out for at least localized street flooding over the next several days. This pattern will stay with us through the end of the week with high pressure re-establishing for the weekend. So do expect more sunshine and thus warmer temperatures this weekend.  There will still be the chance of afternoon storms, but instead of the 60-80% for the rest of the week we’ll be looking at closer to a 20-30% chance of getting wet. Thanks to the wet pattern our daytime highs will be limited to the upper 70s to lower 80s this week while highs will be near 90 as we head into the weekend.
A Soggy Week-Heavy Rains Likely
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